Islam Beliefs

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  • God has 99 names to help describe his qualities
  • The names given to God are in the Qur'an and Hadith
  • The names given to describe his qualities are
    1. Transcendent
    2. Omnipotent
    3. Immanent
    4. Beneficient
    5. Fair and Just
    6. Merciful
  • Being omnipotent means God is all powerful but also that he creates and sustains everything in the universe
  • God is transcendent meaning that he is beyond the universe and the spiritual world.
  • Being immanent means that god is present everywhere and involved with life
  • Being beneficient means he is benevolent and generous
  • Fair and just means he will treat everyone equally on the Day of Judgement.
  • God can be both transcendent and immanent because although he created the universe, he is also within all things
  • Angles are spiritual beings who serve God and pass on his word through prophets
  • 4 different roles of angels include:
    1. Messengers of God
    2. Take care of people
    3. Record everything a person does
    4. Take people's souls to God
  • The angels pass God's words onto the prophets
  • The 'book of deeds' is presented on the Day of Judgement
  • Angels escort peoples souls after they die to heaven or hell
  • The two most important angels in Islam are Jibril and Mika'il
  • Jibril is the angel of revelation
  • When Muhammed was a child, angel Jibril purified his heart and taught him the Qur'an to guide him
  • Overall, angel Jibril played an important role in communicating the final message of Islam
  • Mika'il is the angel of mercy
  • Mika'il is responsible for sending rain, thunder and lightning to earth
  • Mika'il brings nourishment to earth and the rain he provides gives food to humans
  • Mika'il is believed to reward people who do good deeds
  • Being merciful means God forgives people who are truly sorry
  • Angels record everything a person does in their own 'book of deeds'
  • Predestination: Some Sunni Muslims believe that God has already determined everything that will happen in the universe and recorded this in his "book of decrees"
  • Some Sunni Muslims believe that because God's will is so powerful, he can make anything happen
  • Some Sunni Muslims believe that because of God's will, humans therefore do not have freedom to change their destiny or overall plan God has created for them
  • To support the view on God's will, the Qur'an says "Only what God has decreed will happen to us"
  • In contrast to Sunni beliefs on predestination, many Shi'a Muslims believe that God knows everything that is going to happen, however he does not decide what is.
  • Many Shi'a Muslims believe that God is the creator of time, so therefore he is not bound by it and can see into the past, present and future
  • To support the view on people's free will, the Qur'an says "God does not change the condition of a people unless they change what is in themselves"
  • Even though God knows everything that will happen, on Judgement Day, Muslims are still responsible for their actions
  • On the Day of Judgement, God will reward or punish people for their actions
  • Predestination is the idea that God determines everything that will happen in the universe
  • Predestination
    God has already determined what will happen : Sunni
    God has knows but does not decide what will happen : Shi'a
  • Shia Muslims do not believe in predestination as strongly as some Sunnis because they believe that humans have free will
  • The three stages in life after death for muslims are:
    1. Barzakh
    2. The Day of Judgement
    3. Heaven or hell
  • Barzakh translates to barrier
  • Barzakh is the stage of waiting till Judgement Day
  • While waiting in Barzakh, God sends two angels to question you on your faith